Selected Chinese Folk Songs: Volume 1 and 2, Vocal Teaching Collection · Chinese Works: Volume I

Author: Chu Shenghong
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: "The Vocal Music Teaching Library" is one of the series of "Vocal Art Education Series" published by the People's Music Publishing House. This marks the beginning of a new era in the construction of teaching repertoire for vocal art education in China. The "Vocal Music Teaching Library" first highlights its teaching nature. Each volume of the "Library" consists of "General Teaching Principles," "Teaching Repertoire," and "Teaching Performance Notes" for each piece. It not only further standardizes teaching content and establishes a scientific system for the targeted teaching of repertoire, catering to different teaching selections and meeting the requirements of various vocal techniques, but it is also suitable for different teaching approaches. The "Vocal Music Teaching Library" also distinctly emphasizes its documentary nature. The works included in the "Library" are either timeless masterpieces widely loved and performed by the public or influential works that have shaped the history of vocal art, thus becoming preserved repertoire for vocal teaching and performance. This volume features the long-standing folk songs, which are the mother of vocal art and the origin of folk singing styles. Through the teaching of diverse and stylistically rich folk songs, it lays a foundation for training and nurturing talent in folk vocal music. The selected works not only prioritize the inclusion of folk songs from different ethnic groups in China but also pay attention to aligning with the requirements of overall professional teaching curricula.